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With the latest absurd Power 100 list, the Industry Bible continues to circle the drain.

Who’s to blame? Billboard insiders are pointing to the empty chair formerly occupied by Janice Min, although the list was in no way her baby. On the contrary, it’s the work of department heads vying for leverage. The 100 is clearly, as one top-tier exec puts it, “an embarrassing joke.” Why is there nobody at the company who understands the business?

Speaking of Todd Boehly’s media properties, word has it Chinese behemoth Dalian Wanda’s purchase of Boehly’s Dick Clark Productions may also be in jeopardy, due to reticence on Wanda’s part and interference by the Chinese government.